How about that? Remember how long it seemed to take for Christmas to roll around again when you were a little kid? Now it seems like it was just last month and here's another one. I have found that I'm enjoying this Christmas season more than I have enjoyed such a season in a long time. Upon pondering the possible reasons for this, I think it's at least partly because I am better prepared this year...I won't have to be scrambling around with needle and thread trying to make homemade gifts the week before Christmas and I won't be treading the aisles of the local Wal-mart on Christmas Eve looking for the first likely piece of junk to wrap up for that last person on my list. Nope. My major gifting is done, (this means I have sent that all-important parcel to my family in Canada in good time!) my cards are sent...even the international ones...my decorating was done two weeks ago, the rest is frosting. Or gravy, depending on your preference.
So now there is time to sit back and soak it in, go sit at the park and watch the dancing Christmas lights as they keep time to various Christmas tunes, make cookies and candy if I feel like it. (Well, OK, the mince pies are NOT optional!)
I've been thinking a lot about the concept of perfection being the enemy of good. Whoever it was who said that first was onto something. And in the same way you start seeing red Yukon trucks everywhere as soon as you start driving one, I am seeing this concept all over the internet on different sites I've been reading. I've been so frozen by the desire for perfection over the years that I've lost many opportunies to do things well...to do them at all, actually. I don't want to live that way anymore. So I'm going to release my death grip on things and stop being afraid to try anything I'm not sure I can do "perfectly" and I'm going to enjoy my life a lot more. I think my loved ones will enjoy me a lot more, too.
Merry Christmas!
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